Synology DS414 4-bay NAS Review

Sounds very interesting, I’d been looking at the 413 but couldn’t justify the £400+ for it so if this one really will sell for under £350, then we’re onto a winner.

Shame there was no direct comparison to the 413 in the article, such as speed differences. Considering the cheaper price, what do you actually gain or lose with the newer model? It’s now a 1.33GHz dual core ARM compared to 1.067GHz in the 413. You gain a 2nd LAN port (not very useful) but lose the eSATA port (could have been useful).

Why wasn’t the Synology Hybrid RAID included in the tests? This is a very useful set up and from what I read, it will allow you to take out a single drive and replace with a larger drive which totally invailidates your “con – Drive upgrades require system to be totally reconfigured”

Also, the article seriously needs proof reading!…
“Below the status LEDs AS a front mounted USB2.0 port”
“this will void your warranty as there are NOW user serviceable parts”
“upper side of the PCB is a LIME of SMB LEDs”
“little to see apart from a pair IF identical looking chips”
“we can see THE LIKE the RAID controller”
“placing on a shelf without the SORRY about it putting too much pressure”

“is the support for RAID 50. For those who are not full familiar with how the RAID systems work when mixed together, RAID 50 is basically two 3 drive RAID 5 arrays” – so two x 3-drive arrays… that’s 6 disks in total… clever seeing how this box can only fit 4 drives in it! Plus you obviously don’t benchmark RAID 50 in the article because the 414 doesn’t support it.